TASK FOR WOMEN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21250, 22 October 1940, Page 2

TASK FOR WOMEN

FEWER LIFE-SAVERS . PATROLLING OF BEACHES “With the possibility next summer ' of reduced numbers of patrols due to so many of the senior active memj bers being with the military services, the council recommends the fullest publicity being given to a national appeal for all bathers at beaches to ! bathe at defined areas, and at all i times in close proximity to a surf I life-saving clubhouse,” states the i annual report of the New Zealand j ; Surf Life-Saving Association. The report mentions that in several j instances all the eligible members of I a club have enlisted in the forces. } ‘•Despite the absence of our senior | active members on military service,” J the report continues, “clubs have en- j deavoured to maintain the patrol | work to the fullest extent possible by j securing the services of past active j members, junior members, and in i some cases women’s patrols, and have | thus helped to maintain the princi- j j pie of the association, that where j i there is a surf life-saving club there j will always be a patrol.” The report records the formation j of women’s clubs at Wellington and ! Castlecliff. This makes five women’s I teams or clubs operating—Milford j Girls and Waitemata Girls (Auckland), Patea Girls (Taranaki), Castlecliff (Wanganui), and Wellington’s new club. “With the ever-reducing number of our senior members leaving the clubs for military services it is evident that every opportunity will have to be taken to ensure the formation of women’s patrols, and herein lies an opportunity for the young women of the Dominion to do work the value of which ranks second to none,” the report comments.